Health
Love it or hate it? Two Americans dish on Obamacare
Some Americans are overjoyed with Obamacare. Others say it is a nightmare.
Oct 19, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Where Zika struck hardest, Brazil moms say more help needed
As the sun dyes the early morning sky a reddish hue, Angelica Pereira carries her 1-year-old daughter out of the tiny white house sitting on a dirt road where piles of garbage float in puddles.
Oct 19, 2016
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Health
Cars vs. health: Lancet series on urban planning, public health
Automobiles—and the planning and infrastructure to support them—are making our cities sick, says an international group of researchers now publishing a three-part series in the British medical journal The Lancet.
Oct 13, 2016
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Medications
Steep rise in price of older cancer drugs
(HealthDay)—Many older cancer drugs took a bigger bite out of Medicare and older Americans' wallets last year than five years earlier, a new analysis finds.
Oct 7, 2016
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Medications
The pluses and minuses of drugmakers' discount cards
Facing public furor for the price of its emergency allergy shot EpiPen, Mylan Pharmaceuticals quickly pointed to a familiar industry solution: copay discount cards.
Sep 14, 2016
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Health
Simplify and standardize health insurance plans, advise CMU behavioral economists
Choosing a health insurance plan - whether through an employer, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Medicare - is complicated and stressful and often leads to consumers making costly mistakes.
Aug 24, 2016
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Medications
Insurers may share blame for some generics' price hikes
This week, I addressed questions from readers about generic drug prices as well as health plans with high deductibles and those that have grandfathered status under the health law.
Aug 1, 2016
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Autism spectrum disorders
Insurance mandates lead to more children diagnosed and treated for autism spectrum disorder
State mandates requiring commercial health plans to cover the cost of services for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have resulted in an increased number of children being diagnosed and treated for ASD, according ...
Jul 11, 2016
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Health
Study: Trump health care plan would make 18M uninsured
Donald Trump's health care plan would make 18 million people uninsured, but also lower premiums significantly for policies purchased directly by consumers, according to an independent study released Thursday.
Jul 7, 2016
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Health
Indiana sued over ultrasound 18 hours before abortion rule
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is challenging a new state requirement that women get an ultrasound at least 18 hours before they have an abortion.
Jul 7, 2016
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